Hack a Ceiling Track for Shower Curtain By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: One pack (24 pieces) IKEA Dignitet hook & clamp, 12 pieces IKEA stainless steel cabinet escutcheon 15cm x 2.5cm, aluminum i-beam ceiling track (2 meter length), 12 roller hooks for i-beam track, 3 screw-mounts to attach i-beam track to ceiling, shower curtain and clear-plastic curtain rings

Description: The old shower curtain rod (see the BEFORE photo) in my little 2m x 2m bathroom ran across the middle of the room and made it FEEL even smaller! It was too tempting to hang towels on the rod adding to the visual clutter. Plus, being over 2m tall, I always had to duck down getting in and out which was a pain.

The solution was to buy a two meter length of aluminum I-beam curtain track and mount that to the ceiling. It’s very flexible so I curved the ends in toward the shower stall to help keep water from leaking around the sides of the curtain.

before

To bring the shower curtain down so that its bottom edge was inside the tub, I needed some extended hangers. Lots of ways to do that. I used 12 IKEA Dignitet curtain hangers — they have a hook on one end and a strong spring clamp on the other end — to attach the 15cm IKEA stainless steel escutcheons to the original clear-plastic curtain rings. The IKEA escutcheons were actually designed for IKEA kitchen cabinets and drawers. They were the perfect length for my project and they already had holes drilled at each end where I was able to attach the hooks. And being stainless steel they won’t rust!

It’s amazing how this small change makes the tiny room feel open and bigger.

~ G.W.Martin, Oakland, California

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Light up Pax By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: Pax Fevik wardrobe door, Glänsa light chain

Description: I had seen this hack and thought it looked really cool.

Fortunately I stumbled upon a Pax Fevik door in the bargain corner, a bit big at 2.35 m but at a really good price. I got a Glänsa light chain, 8 m and 144 lights to turn the door into a lamp.

Got home and tested out how to fit the long chain in the door and decided go with vertical lengths. I used some steel wire and the bottom to keep it straight and close to the glass, and some cable clips at the top.

The tinted glass gives a nice cozy light in the room and I am super satisfied!

~ Johannes, Sweden

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His Own Little Chair By: Littlemoments

Materials: AGEN

Description: I’ve been looking for a little chair for Nolan for a while. I wanted him to have a little spot that was all his own (granted he’s currently always on the move and the idea of him sitting still is more a dream than a reality). But, I have to think that at some point he’ll want to sit down for at least a moment. During a trip to Ikea I noticed the AGEN children’s chair.

The price was right and the shape was cute, but it needed a little personality. So off to work I went, I applied three thin coats of red spray paint. Once fully dry, I brought it back inside and lined the chair with an inexpensive faux sheepskin (also purchased at Ikea a while back). The faux sheepskin definitely makes the seat more comfortable for our little guy and is machine washable so it should stand up over time. Nolan seems happy with his new little seat. It makes me picture him as a toddler, sitting, eating Cheerios and watching cartoons. Did I mention how much I love him? His little face instantly makes me smile. His new thing at the moment is patting my cheek and giving me a look that makes me melt.

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Expedit Bar Hack By: Natserella

Materials: Expedit

Description: We bought the black brown expedit unit and attached runners to hang the champagne glasses from (also ikea from the kitchen section) and the ikea basic wine racks and sawed the legs off so they fit into the space – for a colour match we bought a black brown tester pot and painted the rack fronts.

For added drama we put up little sticky back battery operated spotlights (also ikea) Then we added decoration! Voila! Hope you enjoyed my hack.

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Klubbo Turns Lovely Peony Printed Ottoman By: Brittany Zeller-Holland

Supplies: 2 yds of upholstery fabric, 4in foam cut to coffee table size, 8 yds 5/32″ welt cord, hi-loft batting, coordinating thread, spray adhesive, staple gun, staples, yardstick or t-square, pins, scissors and sewing machine.

Description: First I took off the legs on the Ikea Klubbo and used spray adhesive to stick 4 inch thick foam onto the top. The lady at the cutting counter at JoAnns was super nice and cut it right to the size I needed! Then put the batting over the foam to cut it to size. Staple that down at the bottom of the sides.

Then I cut out the fabric pieces for the top and sides and created the cording. I got by without changing the foot on my sewing machine, but I’m sure a welt cording foot would make it a bit easier! After completing the cover I slipped it over the foam covered coffee table stapled the fabric to the bottom of the table while flipped over. For more detailed instructions and photos, take a look at my blog.

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Pax Tie Rack from Komplement Pants Hangers By: Leigh

Materials: Komplement

Description: I have a problem. I own a lot of ties (somewhere north of 70 including around 18 bow ties). Far too many for any “over the counter” tie racks I’ve found. I had been using the three-tiered Komplement pull out “multi-use” hanger, but as you can see, it was filled way beyond capacity and impossible to keep organized.

before

My plan was just to use a few of the small Komplement pants hangers (the 13″ one, not the 28″ one), but the way they’re designed would have made it impossible to see which tie was which, much less get them in and out. First I needed to mount them 90-degrees from where they’re designed to be mounted– so the bars run across, instead of pointing at you. Second, in order to actually see all the ties, and access them more easily, it made sense to mount them at an angle. Finally, I realized that would allow me to use the full depth of my Pax wardrobe. The stock pants hanger only mounts in the forward shelf holes, but since I am drilling my own holes, I can have one in the back and one in front, and the angle allows me to see all the ties at once.

I measured the width between the holes, front and back, as well as the hight from the hole I wanted to use in the back, to the lower one I wanted to use in the front, and, doing my best Pythagoras impression tried to measure the hypotenuse to drill in the right spot. I was close, but as you can see from the photo, my trigonometry ain’t what it used to be. I drilled 1/8″ holes 1cm in from the back edge of each rack. Then I drilled another hole 23.5cm from that hole for the rack for in the rear of my wardrobe, and drilled 31.5cm apart for the rack in the front of the wardrobe. Using sheet metal screws I attached the small plates that come with the pants hanger to mount to the wardrobe.

Once installed, the only problem left was how best to sort my ties. I started with something basic– sorting by color and pattern. But, since High Fidelity is one of my favorite movies, one of my friends suggested I get a little crazy and sort them autobiographically… so that’s what I did. I’m going with it! Don’t judge me.

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Knäckebröd clock By: Anna Jana

You need:

- Ikea crispbread wrapping: LEKSANDS KNÄCKEBRÖD

- pasteboard

- a clockwork

- hamabeads for the numbers

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Hemnes dressing table- pimped with wallpaper By: Alice Bravo Nogueroles

Materials: HEMNES

Description: This is more of a way to decorate the Hemnes dressing table than a hack but I think the result is really impressive and the perfect way to make it more individual

Basically you put wallpaper underneath the glass layer on top of the dressing table. You need to size it first (either by measuring the dimensions of the table or putting the wallpaper on top of the table, then the glass on top). You need to locate the holes that are used to attach the top drawers on to and put a hole through them so you can put the screws through them.

Then put your glass on top, screw on your drawers and the rest of the dresser and voila!

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